Rim



` w; R; GILLAM July 1, 1930.

RIM

l Filed July 8, 1925 INVENToR y /VllaeeRL'la'm BY I Fay.

ATTORNEY,

the wheels or felloe bands.

Patented July 1,1930,

WALLACE a.' GILLAM, or TALLMADGE, omdnssmnon ,fro-LAMBEarTrRn a RUBBER (30.,'01'2` BARBERTON, OHIO, vA*l(30330KQJIION OF ARIZONA Application led July 8,`

My present invention relates to certain new L and useful improvements in rim structures for mountingtires on wheels,and the invention specically has for'its object to provide an improved means'for mountinga ycushion tire of a smaller cross sectional size in place of a balloon typetire of larger cross sectional size without thenecessity of changing More specically the present invention is an improvement ormodiiication of the invention disclosed in my co-pending application i filed January 30, 1925, Serial No; 5,868.

'Ihe present invention particularly hask for its object to provide a structure that is especially adapted for use in the larger sizes of tires and wheels and it lhas for its particular purpose the reduction' of the'expense of manufacture and the reduction of the weight of the structure as much as possible consistent ywith safety.

In carrying out my present invention I provide a rim unit composed of two parts, one

ofwhi'ch constitutes the rim'proper kthat rey rim (not'shown) which carries a balloon tire eeives the tire, While the other constitutesia filler rim,the filler rim occupyingthe space between the rim proper and the felloe band ofthe wheel on which itis to be used; the iiller rim in the present embodiment of the invention is composed of an annular channel,

L-shaped in cross section, ring having a portion to bear on the felloe band and another portion to lie flat against the underside of the rim proper. It also embodies a seriesof lugs or securing and spacing members of similarly L-shape in cross section, one part of which is secured beneath the ring ror-` band that-is in turn secured to the rim" proper,;and the other portion of which has surfaces to bear on the felloe band and has aperturedv ears to'receive the securing bolts by whichlthe rimjis' held on the felloe band. Y .Y

In its more detail nature theI invention re-v sides those novel features of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will loe first fully described, then be specically pointed out in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which iea serial it, 42,231;

Figari-L11 is a'Side-ievtionof as half of a Ywheel and rim embodying 'niyinvention,;

7,-; AFigure 2 is across section'onjthe line of Figure 1.5'

- 'Figure 3 is an'iinverted plan view of a por- -tion of the structureconstituting my present invention. f f

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A In the drawing,inwhich numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts in all y,the figures, 1 represents thefelloe band of the wheelwhich, inthe present case, is ofthe to e standard type such as is used to carry'the demountable rims on which the-balloon tires Y are carried. 'Ihe felloe band (or xed rim which is adapted to receive the demountable rim' of a pneumatic tire)r consists of an'annular body having side 'ianges 2and 4, the

and is adapted to fit onto the felloeband.

8 designates the annular filler rim member which is formed' as acontinuous ring secured y "to the underside vof the rim 7 by rivets 16 and yhaving a side wall 9 and a flange 10, thelatter being adapted to seaton the seat 3 of the felloe band. 11 designates a plate which is also securedv by the rivets 16` to the underside oi the ringfS and forming a unit with the ring 8 and rim 7. This plate 11 (there being a num-. I

berof plates disposed around the circumferv ence of the rim) includes a side wall12 merging with a seat 13 to cooperate withthe seat 5 of the felloe band. YIt also has an apertured lug or securing portion 11i, the aperture l15 of which-is designed to receive the securing bolts so,`r

6 which hold the filler rim and the rim proper 7 in position on the felloe bandof the wheel.

The depth ofthe side wall 9 and the depth of the wallsxl),l of the severalplates 11 is such as to occupycompletely, as it were, the space between the rim proper 7 and thev felloe band and afford a secure connectionbetween theA 7 `ri-m 7 `,and the felloe band of the wheel 17. The wheel r17 may, of course, lbe of any ordifioc- Y lar band and a seat fia-nge, the latter adapted" j nary oonstructionyand the felloe band and`v i Wheel per ser constitute no part. of my'V present invention l WhatI olaimis: j Y

In means for the conversion of a pneumatictired Wheel of standard make having a xed rim formed of an annular band and `side Walls having rim seats at their edges formed to receive a pneumatic-tire With its demountable-rim, into a eushion-tired v'Wheel -the'corn-v bination With -the Xedrim of an adapter comprising a continuous sidewall, an annuto seat on Vone of the rirnfseatsofithe xed rim, a cushlon-tlre rim secured to sald annular band, and ia series ,of pla-tes secured,beneath` the annular band to the same, each ofvsaid `plates having outer Wall-portions ,provided With seats to rest on the other rim seat of the ViXed rim and having an apertured l,ear torel Vceive a rim "bolt, said fixed rim having a rim bolt for the purposespeeied. Y WALLACE R. GrILLAM.V

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